"Challenging the Constraints: Access" Panel Discussion
Start Date
12-7-2016 1:30 PM
End Date
12-7-2016 2:30 PM
Description
This session begins with the premise that liberal arts colleges provide value to their students, and that this valuable experience should be accessible to all students. Yet political conversations about accessible (and even free) education for all students often focus on vocational preparation and community colleges as the primary higher education delivery vehicle for the majority of students. At this session, panelists will discuss how we ensure broad financial, social and cultural access to a liberal arts education.
Speaker Bio
Carol Christ
Dr. Carol Christ is the director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California at Berkeley where she was a faculty member in English and held a number of administrative positions, including executive vice chancellor and provost. From 2002 to 2013, she served as president of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. 
Robert (Bobby) Hackett
Mr. Bobby Hackett joined the Bonner Foundation in 1992 as vice president and director of the Bonner Scholars Program and assumed the role of president in July 2010. Prior to joining the Bonner Foundation, he worked at the Telesis Corporation, an affordable housing developer in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hackett also served as managing director of the Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) during its first three years of operation. In addition, for the past 20 years, he has been associated in various capacities with the Youth Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based non-partisan organization that researches and reports on policies and programs relating to young people. Hackett received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in 1985 and a master’s degree in public and private management from Yale University's School of Organization and Management in 1990.
Mary Dana Hinton
Dr. Mary Dana Hinton is the fifteenth president of the College of Saint Benedict. She earned a Ph.D. in religion and religious education with high honors from Fordham University, a master of arts degree in clinical child psychology from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, and a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Williams College. Hinton has extensive administrative experience in Catholic higher education, national experience with non-profit K-12 education management and school development, and a philanthropic background in the corporate sector. Her scholarship focuses on African American religious history, religious education, and leadership, strategic planning, assessment, and diversity in the academy. Hinton is the author of “The Commercial Church: Black Churches and the New Religious Marketplace in America." She is a member of the Minnesota Private College Council Board of Presidents and the Bonner Foundation Presidents’ Advisory Council. Since 2012, Hinton has taught in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education doctoral program in higher education management.
"Challenging the Constraints: Access" Panel Discussion
This session begins with the premise that liberal arts colleges provide value to their students, and that this valuable experience should be accessible to all students. Yet political conversations about accessible (and even free) education for all students often focus on vocational preparation and community colleges as the primary higher education delivery vehicle for the majority of students. At this session, panelists will discuss how we ensure broad financial, social and cultural access to a liberal arts education.
Comments
Moderated by Dr. Mary Dana Hinton, College of Saint Benedict.